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Front cover of the National Plan published by the Department for Economic Affairs in 1965 as Cmnd. 2764.
A Command Paper is a document released by the British government and presented to Parliament. White Papers, Green Papers, treaties, reports from Royal Commissions and various government bodies are all released as Command Papers, so-called because they are released formally 'By Her Majesty's Command'.
Command papers are numbered and prefixed with an abbreviation of "Command" which has changed over time to allow for new sequences, as follows:
C. 1870-1899 Cd. 1900-1918 Cmd. 1919-1956 Cmnd. 1956-1986 Cm. 1986-